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TIL The moon doesn’t just cause ocean tides, it also causes Earth tides, raising and lowering the Earth’s crust by centimeters.

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wogP1 TIL: 1995 Daegu gas explosion in S.Korea, over 100 people were launched into the air, rained down and crushed by debris. First responders described flattened, disfigured bodies, some stretched to nearly double their original size from the impact. The disaster remains relatively unknown today.
Ra84 TIL a Columbine survivor and author who sued and won against big pharmaceuticals for their part in the massacre has been unlawfully locked up in a mental hospital and drugged with the same substances he spoke out against
xY4k TIL the man who killed President McKinley, often dismissed as a mentally disturbed anarchist, did it in part due to US policies in the Philippines at the time, which though nearly forgotten today, resulted in the deaths of 200k-250k civilians and over 5,000 US troops
JYNLQ There is a weird black hole which bends light back on itself like a boomerang.
dDVD7 TIL Males of some species deposit a "mating plug" to seal the vagina, ensuring their sperm's survival over those from other males. However, L. mariana spiders require secretions from both sexes to form the functional plug, allowing female spiders to choose the father of their offspring.